§ LORD BERNERSasked whether the fact stated as to certain Roman Catholic 1958 ecclesiastics in Ireland having appeared publicly in their robes had been submitted to the law officers of the Crown with the view to ascertain its legality; and, if so, whether there was any objection to lay that opinion of those officers before the House? He also wished to know whether it was probable the Report of the Commissioners to inquire into the education given at Maynooth would shortly be laid before the House—and likewise whether it was true that a copy of the evidence taken before that Commission had been delivered to the Right Rev. Dr. Cullen?
§ EARL GRANVILLEwas understood to say that the law officers of the Crown had stated their opinion to be that the Act did not affect the secular or working clergy. With respect to the second question, not having had an opportunity of communicating with the noble Earl at the head of the Commission (the Earl of Harrowby) he was not in a position to answer it.